1919-03-05, Wesley to Family

Authors

Wesley F. Diedrich

Files

Document Type

Letter

Keywords

U.S.A., U.S. Soldiers, infantry, artillery, France, Western Front, military occupation, racial stereotyping, comradery, Picardy, Molliens-au-Bois, Bois de Forge, Hamel, Croix de Guerre, Somme, Meuse, Moselle, Chateau-Thierry, Verdun, Bois de Forges, death, King George V, Colonel Henry A. Allen, General J. Franklin Bell, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, John J. Pershing, Paul A. Wolf, Henry D. Todd, Edward L. King, Floyd F. Putman, awards, Illinois, Australian soldiers, British soldiers, soldier slang, German soldiers, Germany, patriotism, government, Luxembourg, Diekirch, wounded, injury, telegraph, trenches, gas warfare, self-determination, airship, engineering, bombardment, artillery, shelling, front line

Publication Date

3-5-1919

Subject Terms

Wesley F. Diedrich; March 5, 1919; World War 1914 1918 United States. Regimental histories U.S.A. 108th Engineers; United States. Regimental histories U.S.A. World War 1914 1918 33rd Infantry Division; Regimental histories U.S.A. World War 1914 1918 66th Infantry Division; Regimental histories U.S.A. World War 1914 1918 131st Infantry Division; Regimental histories U.S.A. World War 1914 1918 132nd Infantry Division; Regimental histories U.S.A. World War 1914 1918 65th Infantry Division; Regimental histories U.S.A. World War 1914 1918 58th Field Artillery Brigade; Regimental histories U.S.A. World War 1914 1918 122nd Machine Gun Battalion; Regimental histories U.S.A. World War 1914 1918 124th Machine Gun Battalion; Regimental histories U.S.A. World War 1914 1918 3rd Machine Gun Battalion; Army American Expeditionary Forces; United States. Army; World War 1914 1918 Luxembourg; War and society -- History -- 20th century United States; American History 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 Battlefields France; World War 1914 1918 Ocean travel; Camp Merritt (N.J.); Camp Logan (Tex.); Camp Upton (N.Y.); World War 1914 1918 Military weapons Technological innovations; World War 1914 1918 Great Britain Army;

Identifier

2014.160.w.r_ Diedrich _worldwarone_1919-03-05_064

Recommended Citation

Diedrich, Wesley F., "1919-03-05, Wesley to Family" (1919). Wesley F. Diedrich First World War correspondence. 65.
https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/wfdiedrich_collection/65

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